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DAVENPORT & ST. PAUL
The building of the Davenport & St. Paul Railroad is due mainly to the indomitable energy and determination of a coterie of Delhi's business men. The Dubuque & Pacific (Illinois Central) road had been completed across the eounty in the year 1860, and left Delhi, the county seat at that time, high and dry, three miles south. Delhi, thus isolated, in company with other towns of the county, determined to relieve the situation. In the fall of 1867, F. B. Doo- little and Col. John H. Peters got their heads together and after long delibera- tion concluded they would take the initiative by opening a correspondence with railroad men, and others interested in the proposition to build a road from Clinton, or some other point on the Mississippi River, to a point in Fayette County. The letters of Colonel Peters were given due respect and in January, 1868, enough interest in the project had been awakened to secure a meeting at Cascade that year. attended by men of influence from Fayette, Strawberry Point. Greeley, Delhi, Hopkinton, Maquoketa and DeWitt. The discussion at this meeting was upon the feasibility of building a railroad from Clinton north- ward, and resulted in the temporary organization of the Iowa & Minnesota Grand Trunk Railroad Company. The officers elected at this time were George W. Trumbull, president; J. M. King, secretary ; C. M. Dunbar, treasurer. A committee, also, was selected to draw up articles of incorporation.
The next meeting was held at Maquoketa, in February, 1868, to consider the question of route and other details, but no result was reached until the meeting in April following, held at Hopkinton, when W. A. Heath and F. B. Doolittle reported the drafting of articles of incorporation, which was adopted and then the company completed its organization. The incorporators were :
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F. B. Doolittle, H. S. Bronson, Richard Boon, Benjamin Bureh, M. O. Barnes, G. C. Croston, Z. G. Allen and W. H. Finley.
But by this time the road's prospects as relating to Clinton were not en- couraging and Delhi promoters were far from feeling jubilant. However, a combine between Fayette, Strawberry Point, Delaware, Delhi, Hopkinton and Greeley. formed an agreement to stick together and fight for each other's interests. In May, Messrs. Bronson, Boon, Barnes, Doolittle, Finley and others went to Davenport, where they met leading men of that eity and proposed to them to make Davenport the eastern terminus and give them the control of the road if they entered the combination. Davenport became interested and the company name was changed to the Davenport & St. Paul Railroad Company, with the following named directors: Benjamin Bureh and H. S. Bronson, Fayette; G. Allen, Brush Creek; Richard Boon, Delaware; F. B. Doolittle, Delhi ; W. H. Finley, Hopkinton ; John L. Davis, Michael Donahue, Davenport ; G. C. Croston, Caseade.
Subscription books were at once opened. Delhi was expected to snbseribe $40,000, Ilopkinton, $3,000, Delaware, $15,000, Greeley, $10,000, and "Yankee Settlement" (Edgewood), $5,000. Judge Doolittle, in charge of the Delaware County books, soon secured in subscriptions the allotment of $100.000 assessed. An engineer was employed and paid by the men above named, to make a pre- liminary survey and other substantial preparations were made.
At a meeting held in Delhi in August, 1868, William H. Holmes, of Daven- port, was elected president, and W. A. Ileath, of Delhi, seeretary, upon the resignation of their predecessors in office, and at the annual election, held at Davenport in January, 1869, HIohnes and Heath were reeleeted; MI. O. Barnes was elected viee president, and R. Eddy, treasurer. At this meeting it was officially learned the required amount of stock had been subscribed and every- thing looked favorable for the outcome of the enterprise. But the Supreme Court interposed, by deelaring the voting of a tax by towns to aid in the eon- struction of railroads was unconstitutional. This was the hardest blow of all to the towns so desirous of seeuring the road. But a meeting was held at Daven- port in January, 1869, at which time and place the Davenport people showed the white feather and declared they were ready to quit Delhi, but the other Delaware County towns were not so disposed and made it elear to Davenport that they were determined to go ahead and if Davenport failed to stand with them, some other point would be chosen. After several meetings and lengthy discussions, Davenport decided to stay with the proposition and then the re- quired amount of subscriptions, to make up for the loss oeeasioned by the Supreme Court's decision, was sought and obtained, with the help of a law passed by the Legislature of 1869-70, enabling towns to vote a 5 per cent tax. In the summer of 1870 contracts were let for grading, bridging and laying of ties the whole length of the road from Davenport to Fayette. Work eommeneed in this county in September of that year, under the management of Judge Doolittle. Col. John II. Peters and W. A. Heath, of Delhi. were attorneys for the road and with these men, having their hearts and souls bound up in the winning of their fight, the road was completed in the fall of 1872 and by Sep- tember of that year trains were running to Delhi. The depot was built there in September and S. S. Summers was placed in charge as agent. Some years
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later the road became and is now operated as a part of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad system.
THE CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
This road was built in 1886-7 and enters the county on seetion 25, in Bremen Township, and taking a northwesterly direction makes its exit at section 19, Richland Township. It maintains four stations in the county-Almoral, Oneida, where it erosses the Davenport & St. Paul, Thorpe and Dundee.
MANCHESTER & ONEIDA RAILWAY COMPANY
The Manchester & Oneida Railway Company adopted articles of incorpora- tion on the 12th day of April, 1900. The first provisional board of directors consisted of the following named persons: E. M. Carr, Albert Hollister, B. W. Jewell, A. S. Blair, S. A. Steadman, J. W. Miles, W. A. Abbott, W. D. Hogan, Joseph Hutchinson, W. L. Drew, Charles J. Seeds, W. N. Wolcott, Charles A. Peterson, E. H. Hoyt and William Hoekaday.
This board of directors elected the following named officers: President, E. M. Carr; vice president, S. A. Steadman; secretary, B. W. Jewell; assistant secretary, W. A. Abbott ; treasurer, Charles J. Seeds ; auditor, Joseph Hutchinson.
The object of the corporation was to build and operate a railway from the City of Manchester to the Town of Oneida, and in that way give the City of Manchester shipping facilities over the Chicago Great Western and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railways.
Four-fifths of the electors of Manchester petitioned the city council to order an election for the purpose of voting a 5 per cent tax on the assessed value of the property of the city, to aid in the construction of the Manchester & Oneida Railway. At the election held in pursuance of said notice, on the 7th of May, 1900, the tax carried by an overwhelming majority. There were 1,118 ballots east at the election. Five hundred and ninety-four men voted in favor of the tax; and 70 against; 423 women voted in favor of the tax; and 31 against. This vote showed conclusively that Manchester had commenced to stand up for better shipping facilities and that the powers that had held her down for so many years would have to either bend or break. Before the ex- piration of thirty days after the voting of the tax, an engineer corps was at work locating the line, and upwards of fourteen thousand dollars worth of stock had been subscribed for.
The offers of all foreign promoters, brokers and contractors for the construc- tion of the road were declined and a Manchester corporation, ealled the Man- chester Construction Company, composed of the following named men, was organized : Joseph Hutchinson, M. F. LeRoy, A. A. Morse, E. M. Carr, Albert Hollister, William Hoekaday, Il. C. Ilaeberle, E. H. Hoyt, J. J. Hoag and W. N. Wolcott.
These ten men signed a written agreement that they would each take an equal part of the company's $25,000 capital stock. There were several more whose names did not appear as incorporators, who became interested in the
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company. The ten men signing the agreement constituted the company's pro- visional board of directors, and they elected the following as officers of the construction company, which commenced to transact business on the 1st day of September, 1900: President, Joseph Hutchinson; vice president, William Hoekaday; secretary, H. C. Haeberle; treasurer, M. F. LeRoy ; auditor, E. H. Hoyt.
The railway company forthwith contracted with this construction company, and the grading contraets were all let before the first of the following October. Morse & Son. of Manchester, took the contraet for grading the four miles nearest the city, and other contractors commenced work on the remaining portion of the line. An endeavor was made to complete the grading before the end of the year, but unfavorable weather caused delays which retarded the work, and some of the grading had to be carried over until the following spring.
At the first annual meeting of the stockholders of the road, which was held at the council rooms in Manchester, on Tuesday evening, April 2, 1901, the following board of directors, consisting of fifteen members-five to serve one year. five to serve two years, and five to serve three years-was elected: A Hollister. M. F. LeRoy, A. A. Morse, C. A. Peterson and B. W. Jewell were elected directors to serve one year; E. M. Carr. J. W. Miles, C. J. Seeds. E. H. Hoyt and W. N. Wolcott were elected directors to serve for two years; and A. S. Blair, W. L. Drew, W. A. Abbott, William Hoekaday and Joseph Hutch- inson were elected directors to serve for three years. One thousand one hun- dred and twenty-three shares of stock were represented at this meeting. The newly elected board of directors elected officers for the ensuing year, as follows : President. E. M. Carr; vice president, A. Hollister ; secretary, B. W. Jewell ; assistant secretary, W. A. Abbott ; treasurer, C. J. Seeds ; auditor, Joseph Huteh- inson ; chairman executive committee, A. S. Blair. J. (. Scott, of Galena, Illi- nios, was employed as chief engineer, and it was decided to vigorously prose- ente the construction work as soon as the weather would permit, and endeavor to have the line in operation by the following Fourth of July. Had it not been for a delay in procuring some of the steel rails, trains would have been run- ning into Manchester on the Fourth. The failure, however, did not prevent the formal dedication of the road at the Fourth of July celebration held in Manchester that year. Nearly all of the officers of the road made short speeches at the dedieatory services. The late Col. D. E. Lyon, of Dubuque, delivered the principal oration of the occasion.
During the second week of August, 1901, regnlar trains commenced run- ning on the Manchester & Oneida Railway, which for all practical purposes brought the Chicago Great Western and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroads to within one block of the center of the City of Manchester. They also brought the Wells Fargo Express Company to Manchester, and a few months later, the Postal Telegraph Company.
It is now about fourteen years since the company engaged in the con- struetion and operation of its line of railway, and, during that long period of time, the company has not had a single personal injury claim to adjust. The officers of the company do not refer to this marvelous exemption from accident
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in a boastful manner. They feel that good management and constant vigilance could not, unaided by a greater power, have secured sneh immunity.
While a number of changes have taken place in the company's board of directors, caused mostly by deaths and removals from Manchester, the affairs of the corporation are now. and have been at all times, largely managed by men who were potential in the formation of the company and the building of the road.
The present board of directors consists of the following named members : Joseph Hutchinson, E. M. Carr, C. J. Seeds, E. H. Hoyt, A. S. Blair, A. R. LeRoy, Hubert Carr, W. H. Hutchinson, George W. Dunham, Lafe Matthews, William Hoekaday, J. S. Jones, R. W. Tirrill, A. D. Long and A. A. Morse.
The general managing board consists of E. M. Carr, chairman ; A. R. LeRoy, secretary ; and Joseph Hutchinson, C. J. Seeds and E. H. Hoyt.
The present officers of the company are: Joseph Hutchinson, president ; E. H. Hoyt, vice president; L. Matthews, secretary ; A. R. LeRoy, treasurer ; Charles J. Seeds, auditor; A. S. Blair, general counsel ; Hubert Carr, passenger agent ; William Hutchinson, freight agent; J. S. Jones, superintendent of main- tenance of way, and W. F. Grossman, traffic manager.
The Manchester & Oneida Railway was built to promote the welfare and happiness of the people of Delaware County and their business neighbors, and to aid in the upbuilding of the City of Manchester. That was the hope of the men who built the road. And that hope, that invisible guide, seems to have done more for the road and made it a greater success than its promoters anticipated.
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CHAPTER XIV
EARLY SETTLERS SOCIETY
A large body of early settlers of Delaware County assembled in the city hall at Manchester, upon a stated call for the purpose, and organized the Society of Early Settlers of Delaware County after first having placed E. O. Clemens in the chair and selected E. Healey as secretary of the meeting. After the objeets of the assemblage had been stated by B. H. Keller, a constitution was adopted and the following officers elected : President, Joel Bailey; vice presidents. J. S. Barry, of Prairie ; B. H. Keller, Delaware: John Magirl, Adams; L. MeNamee, Colony ; John Lillibridge, Milo; Aaron Sullivan, Coffin's Grove ; A. A. Strong, Honey Creek ; H. D. Wood, Richland : A. Parliman, Elk : John W. Penn, Delhi; James Le Gassick, Bremen; William Nicholson, North Fork; Leroy Jackson, South Fork; C. L. Flint, Hazel Green; S. B. Whittaker. Union; H. C. Merry, Oneida, who was selected as the secretary; L. L. Ayers, recording secretary and treasurer.
This organization was effected Jannary 17, 1877, and before adjournment the voice of the society was declared by vote in favor of according honorary membership to the wives of all pioneers.
A partial list of the names of members of this society is given below :
Joel Bailey, born in New York, eame to Delaware County March, 1838; Henry Baker, New York, June, 1841; John Lillibridge, Mrs. J. Lillibridge, New York, October. 1843; Aaron Sullivan, Ohio, November, 1844; C. G. Reyn- olds. Pennsylvania, 1844; Mrs. S. E. Tilton, Pennsylvania, 1845; E. D. Olm- stead, New York, 1847; Joseph S. Belknap, Vermont, May, 1848; H. D. Wood, Kentucky, November. 1848: E. Tilton, Pennsylvania, 1850; G. R. Buekley, New York, 1850: D. S. Potter, New York, May, 1850; Henry Acers, New York, March, 1850: S. Knickerbocker, New York, 1851; James Lewiston, Ireland, June, 1852: E. J. Skinner, New York, 1852: J. C. Skinner, New York, 1852; N. Andrews, New York, 1852; T. Crosby, Massaehnsetts, 1852; J. W. Robbins, Massachusetts, 1852: Allen Love, Scotland, September, 1852; W. Potter, Iowa, November 18, 1852; Mrs. T. Crosby, Massachusetts, 1852; Mrs. E. A. Strong, New York, 1853; Mrs. W. B. Smith, New York, 1853; W. B. Smith, Canada, spring of 1853; A. Swindle, Ireland, April, 1853; James MeLaughlin, Ireland. 1853: A. A. Strong. Ohio, 1853; Rufus Dickinson, New York, May, 1853; Chauncey M. Mead, Indiana, May, 1853; JJ. F. Gillespie, Michigan, fall of 1853; W. J. Doolittle, New York. October, 1853: HI. L. Ryan, New York, July, 1854; II. Munson, New York, 1854; S. P. Moshier, New York, 1854; M. Eldridge, June, 1854; William Ryan, New York, 1854; S. J. Edmonds, winter of 1854; Mrs. A. Kirkpatrick, May, 1854; William Cattron, May, 1854; B. M. Amsden, New York, spring of 1854; Justin Healy, Vermont, 1854; II. P. Duffy, Ohio, spring of 1854; E. Healy. Canada East, May, 1854; J. B. Robertson, Prince Vol. I-12
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Edward's Island, 1854: Mrs. H. Ryan, New York. 1858; A. N. Smith, winter of 1855; E. L. Tomlinson, 1855; John Towslee, spring of 1855: Mrs. F. Du- ham, New York, February, 1855; I. U. Butler, New York, spring of 1855; F. Dunham, New York, February, 1855; W. H. Hollister. New York, 1855; A. Shew, New York, 1855; Thomas Toogood, England, January, 1855; S. G. Van Anda, Pennsylvania, April, 1855; S. R. Young, Maryland, October, 1855; James Dunham, Indiana, 1855; Henry Lister, England, March, 1855; Thomas Ililliar, England, 1855; F. Bethell, England. 1855; W. H. Board. June, 1855; A. Kirkpatrick, Indiana, 1855; R. M. Marvin, Ohio, 1855; A. Dunham, Indi- ana, 1855; Edson Merrell, New Hampshire, August. 1855; II. M. Congar, New York, March, 1856: Oliver Cronk, New York. April, 1856; E. Hamblin, New York, 1856; E. P. Orvis, New York, 1856; L. S. Shirwin. New York, 1856; B. H. Keller, New York. April. 1856; John S. Barry, Massaelmsetts, April, 1856; Alfred Durey, England, April, 1856; Mrs. Alfred Durey, Eng- land, April, 1856; R. W. Tirrill, New Hampshire, November, 1856: D. Young, Maryland, 1856; Mrs. E. Hamblin, Ohio, spring of 1856; D. P. Ferris, Ohio, 1856; D. Magirl, Ireland, May, 1856; A. H. MeKay, Virginia. April, 1856; James Clugston, Indiana. August, 1856; N. Denton, England, 1856; Charles Paxson, Pennsylvania, 1856; John Magirl, Ireland. 1856: D. Pierce, Massa- chusetts, 1856: G. S. Snover, New Jersey, March, 1856 : Mrs. E. P. Orvis, Maine, 1856; A. F. Coon, New York, June, 1857; H. N. Cornish, New York, 1857; D. R. Lewis, New York, 1857; A. Sledon. Massachusetts, April. 1857; Thomas Vibbard, New York, 1858; A. S. Blair, New York, October, 1858; Seth Brown, England, January, 1858; J. U. Schelling, Switzerland, 1858; J. B. Frentress, Illinois, March, 1860; L. S. Gates, Ohio, 1860; Mrs. J. F. Gillespie, Michigan, June, 1861; S. W. Green, New York, 1861; E. O. Clemens, Massachusetts. June, 1855; Alfred Coates, New York, October, 1854; Ann Coates, New York, October, 1854; Philemon Stowe. Thomas E. Averitt, Wisconsin. July, 1855; William S. Adams, Pennsylvania, 1854; Thomas Cole, New York, June, 1847; Daniel S. Cairl, Pennsylvania, November, 1854; Michael Cole, Tennessee, Sep- tember, 1853: Thomas Carrigan, Canada, November, 1851; Benjamin Cole- man, Pennsylvania, April, 1850; Marion Cloud, Pennsylvania. November, 1848 : Francis Curler, Vermont, June, 1849; George Conrad, Illinois, April, 1849; Joseph Chapman, New York, December, 1850; P. C. Boisinger, Penn- sylvania, April, 1847; William Bohnenkamp, Germany, August, 1846; John V. Bush, Pennsylvania, October, 1852; William Barker, Rhode Island, 1857; George W. Bush, Pennsylvania, 1853; C. Bockenstedt, Ger- many, 1856; James Dickson, Indiana, 1857; Robert Diekson, Scotland. 1851 ; William Ellis, New York, 1860; John Fishel, Ohio, June, 1850: Joseph Grimes, New York, June, 1845; William HI. Graves, New Hampshire, April, 1848; G. H. Goodken, Ohio, 1846; J. Hubbard, Connectient, April, 1841 ; Pat- riek Hogan, Pennsylvania, May, 1845; Hezekiah Hubbard, Pennsylvania, 1846; James Hughes, New York. May, 1852; IFarmie IIulbert, Illinois, May, 1853; Joseph Holbert, Pennsylvania, April, 1855; Jerome B. Jacobs, New York, June, 1856; John D. Klaus, Missouri, August, 1842; H. H. Klaus, Missouri, June, 1845: Anton Knipling, Germany, June, 1854; Rudolph Keller, Penn- sylvania, March, 1855; Henry Kipp, Illinois, April, 1857; David Knee, Pennsyl- vania, April, 1855; S. G. Knee, Pennsylvania, April, 1855; John II. Knee,
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Pennsylvania, April, 1855: James Knee, Pennsylvania, April, 1855; Frank Keller, Pennsylvania, March, 1855; O. H. T. Knee, Pennsylvania, April, 1855; Jacob Landis, Pennsylvania. April, 1842: Joshua Landis, Pennsylvania, April, 1842; Jacob Landis, Jr., Pennsylvania. April, 1842; Theodore Lampman, Germany, April. 1849; B. II. Luhrsman, Ohio, April, 1855; J. B. Moreland, Pennsylvania, April. 1839; George Link, Germany, April, 1858; Frederick Merten. Missouri, May, 1843; John S. Merten, Missouri. September, 1843; L. MeNamee, Missouri, September, 1842; E. L. McNamee, Missouri, September, 1842; Joseph Malvin, Pennsylvania, September, 1846; John McMahon, Iowa, September, 1846: F. C. Nichols, New York, September, 1852; Herman Ovel, Germany. September, 1852: John Platt, Pennsylvania, September, 1843: Jacob Platt, Pennsylvania, September, 1843; Jeremiah Page, Missouri, September, 1847: Perry Perkins, Missouri, September, 1848; Daniel Partridge, Ohio, Sep- tember. 1853; James Rutherford, Illinois, July, 1838: William Reneepiper, Germany, July, 1846; G. W. Rea, Ohio, July, 1848; A. Rea, Ohio, July, 1848; George T. Rea, Ohio, July. 1848; R. Steadman, Canada, July, 1855; Charles Simon, New York. May. 1849; F. B. Simons, New York, April, 1849; Jacob D. Smith, Pennsylvania, April, 1843; Philip Stillinger, Ohio, 1855; Edward Smout, Pennsylvania, April. 1852: Jacob H. Smith, Pennsylvania, .April, 1858; Henry Tapka, Ohio, April, 1855: John C. Wood, England, Jime. 1848; R. Wilson, New York, May, 1851; A. Partridge, Ohio, April, 1853.
The society still holds together and has its annual reunions, which mean the gathering, in a stated place, of not the pioneers any more, but their rep- resentatives and friends, many of whom, it may be said, are well advanced in years and experience, who rehearse upon these occasions the stories told them by their forbears of the country as it was in the '40s; and how the men and women of those days first settled in the timber, the trees of which they eut into logs for the building of their first eabin homes; how they cleared a patch of ground and, when the timberland became scarce, they tell of the first venture- some spirits who had the hardihood to go onto the prairies and turn over the sod, which was then an unknown quantity to the husbandman. The men and women of lowa pioneer days had very little, if any, faith in the productivity of the prairie soil. That is to say, they plaeed but little value upon it for farming purposes. These old folks also tell, as they best ean recollect, of the many hardships and privations of their parents and grandparents, of their joys and sorrows and the many shifts they were put to in order to make two ends meet. Practically, the same narratives are told with each recurring year, but, for all that, they retain a peculiar interest and atmosphere that always attraets and edifies.
CHAPTER XV
UNITED STATES FISHI HATCHERY, ETC.
Delaware County has within its borders the only fish hatchery, built and under control of the United States Government, in the State of Iowa, and the people here are proud of it. The industry is a peculiar one in itself and the ponds, buildings and beautiful surroundings attraet visitors the year round. How the Government selected Delaware County for the propagation and dis- tribution of fish is best told by the man who was primarily instrumental in indneing the department at Washington to locate the hatchery here. In that relation A. M. Sherwood says:
"In the fall of 1892, I happened to be stopping in a hotel in Cedar Rapids, when a short item of news in the Gazette of that city caught my attention. It stated that Professor Everman, of the United States Fish Commission, was in the city and had been making a trip of inspection throughout the Northwest, in view of selecting a place for a Government fish hatchery, which would be built upon a proper site, at a cost of $50,000. The article also admonished the people of Cedar Rapids to look into the matter, that the Government expert would again come West the following season to make a further examination, and that it would be well worth consideration on the part of the people there. It struck me that Manchester was a pretty good location for the proposed hatchery and that the people of Delaware County would be conserving their own interests by offering inducements to the Government to come here. With this thought in mind, I cut out and mailed the little slip, published in the Cedar Rapids Gazette, to Professor Everman, at Washington, and also wrote him an invitation to visit Manchester when he came West in 1893.
"Mueh to my gratification I received a reply from the Government expert, in which he stated he would be glad and would make it a point to stop off at Manchester when he next visited the West. But before his arrival, I made special efforts to meet him in the Government's exposition building at the World's Fair, but failed, as he was not on the exposition grounds at the time. Upon my arrival home, I received a telegram on the following Sunday from Professor Everman, stating he would be in Manchester on Monday. True to his word, he came on that day, when myself and others accompanied him to the loeality later selected for the hatehery. He examined the springs and stream, thoroughly tested the temperature of the water and the flow of water from the springs. No. 1 spring, near the old creamery, developed a flow of 2,200 gallons a minute ; the next one, which had been enclosed, showed an outflow of 1,800 gallons per minute; and one on the hatchery grounds showed a capacity of 1,100 gallons.
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